Just an Update

So nothing to exciting has been going on. I found out today that I will have a full time job with in the next two weeks. I have just been working on call, but my boss told me today that I will have a 7 on 7 off schedule which I really like that kind of schedule. My old roommate had a baby on the 18th, she had a little girl and they named her Brinley Rose, I guess she has a lot of hair but I haven't seen picutres yet. My family and I went to my Grandma's this weekend to help her with some stuff. She taught my sister how to quilt, well she helped her start her first quilt and I started another one. Yeah I know I should finish the three I have started. Tage lately has been a funny kid, when you try to take his picture he squints his eyes because he knows the camera is going to flash. Here are some pictures of him trying to not get the flash in his eyes.

This last picture is just Tage playing in my boots, there were sitting in the living room and he wanted to try them on.

Finally a picture...

So I know that when I first got back off my mission I talked about a crayon roll that I made at an enrichment day (super saturday) with my mom and sister and I never posted a picture and now I have one. If anyone is interested in the pattern let me know. I thought that it was a pretty cool thing to have in a purse or church bag for little kiddos.

You can put whatever material you want this one has dinosaurs and mine has crayons on it and it takes such little fabric.

Back at work

So I went back to work on Thursday only expecting to work Thurs, and Fri, but I worked today also and I work tomorrow which is fantastic because I could use the money. I am not only drawing blood, but I am also a sitter. I sit with people that are at risk to fall, or people that are not mentally stable. I sat today and yesterday with a girl that is "a cutter" so I just had to make sure that she didn't get anything to hurt herself with. But I am so glad to be back to work a feel productive again. I am however getting in some good reading, when I sit that is about all I can do. I read a book and a half between yesterday and today.

I thought that I would tell you about a CD that I discovered on my mission that is a fabulous one for either Sunday listening, or everyday listening. Some people only listen to church music on Sunday so that is why I say it is good because us as missionaries could listen to it. Its called
Joseph: A Nashville Tribute to the Prophet: it is the testimony and spiritual witness of some of Nashville’s finest and most successful musicians about the life and mission of Joseph Smith Jr. It is an album dedicated to those who experienced the humble beginning and subsequent rising of a restored religion.

I really enjoy it, and I hope that you all get to listen to it too. It is really a good CD. Well all is well here and I hope all is well with your families. Love Ya

Maeve...

For those of you who didn't know that I was a nanny last year in New York, I was. The little girls name is Maeve and I just got some new pictures of her from her mom. She is over a year old, I can't believe it she was only 3 months old when I started as her nanny. Her are the pictures, aren't they so cute!

Over due Update...

I have been getting worse and worse at updating my blog. I haven't had a whole lot to talk about since I haven't done a whole lot, with me being on crutches and all. I had surgery on my knee 5 weeks ago, and I have one more week on crutches and then I can go back to walking, driving and working. I am more than ready, I love my job and I miss not being able to go to work. I start back to work on the 5th, and hopefully will have a full time shift here pretty soon.

While I have been cooped up in the house, I bought a car so I could have something to drive back and forth to work. It is a 2003 Chevy Malibu, it is a tanish champagne color. It drives nice I guess at least that is what my dad tells me I still haven't got to drive it yet.

I was also tired of staying cooped up in the house, so this past week I went to my Grandma's house (my dad's mom) and stayed a week with her. I love going to their house. They live kind of in the middle of now where, which is nice. My grandma and I just stay in the house most of the time, we cook, and we sew and that is about it. I made two projects, which I borrowed Shandi's camera to take some pictures of. (I still can't find my charger for my camera) I made a wall hanging, that is teal and brown. The words had scriptures that went down from them, I tried to get closer so you could see, this is the best that I could get.Then I also made a table topper that is for the 4th of July.

I had so much fun we went shopping and just had a good time, I was sad to have to go home.

Bo has started basketball, he made the A team. They have played three games and have lost all of them, but he is doing well. They have another game this Monday. He and I made a deal also, for this summer. He wants to go to Disneyland, and I told him that if he earned the money that I would take him. (Hopefully we will stay at my friends house, I haven't asked her yet. Sorry Bonnie, I am going to call I promise)

Shandi and Tage are doing well, Tage is finally growing. Shandi is going to Las Vegas for a week the 15th of Feb. she has a conference there to do some continuing education there for her vet tech license.

This is the newest picture of Tage and I, isn't he cute!

Wendi started school two weeks ago. She is going to be a dental assistant. Infact I have to go and have her work on my teeth because they have to find their own volunteers, or they have to repeat the course. So I will be doing that sometime soon.

Other than that there isn't a whole lot going on. I will try to keep up with my postings. When I get back to work I can post there, they just won't have pictures. I hope all is well with you families and I will talk to you all soon.

Christmas/New Years

Well hello to all, sorry it has taken me so long to write another blog. I have been busy, my grandma passed away so we had her funeral, and then I had surgery, then Christmas, New Years, it's been a crazy time. I hope all is well with all of your families. My family and I had a good Christmas. I got some jewelery, perfume, dvd's, and money. We got up at 730 am and opened presents, and then we had breakfast. I have just been lounging around the past few weeks, because of the surgery on my knee, 4 more weeks on crutches and I am back to my normal life where I can drive and do everything for myself.

Tage is doing a little better since his last surgery. He is in this new phase where he just sits on the floor and screams at the top of his lungs for no reason. My mom is doing much better her infection from her surgery is gone now and she is feeling better.

My birthday went well, for New Years Eve we played games as a family until the ball dropped and then we opened my presents. I got everything that I wanted, I got to books that I had asked for by one of my favorite authors. I got a leather purse from my mom and dad it is fantastic I would post a picture but the camera charger is still lost. And I got a cuboodle (a box to put all my makeup in) Then I sewed some burp cloths the rest of the day. My family went to go clean my grandmas house, and since I can't help they left me home alone so I watched some t.v. and sewed. So all in all I had a good day, one of my friends is taking me out to dinner tomorrow night for my birthday so that should be fun. Other than that nothing really exciting is going on. We are rearranging rooms in our house, but that will take a little while. Hope all is well and everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Love to you all!!

The average life...

So I just thought I would catch you all up on current stuff now and come back to my mission stuff. I am going to the doctor tomorrow to find out when I am getting surgery. My mom went to the doctor today because she had surgery a little while ago, and now it is really infected so she has to go back to the doctor tomorrow. Tage went to the doctor today too, and his tube where they put it in is a little infected, so he has some medicine to help with that. Other than that there really isn't anything going on. I am making some baby quilts, and I am making a quilt that I started awhile back and I would take pictures, but my battery on my camera died and it is a special rechargeable battery and I can't find the charger. But I do have some new pictures of me and some of my siblings so I will post them instead.

I didn't finish this blog yesterday so I am finishing it today, I found out that I am having surgery on the 17th, and it is only on one of my knees. My left knee has a little tear but it is only small and not all the way through so the doctor says that it will fix itself. I am not going to be put out though, they are just going to do a spinal block so I can watch the surgery. Also today I went back to my old job and turned in the paper that Dr. Foote signed that says that I can work. I start work on Tuesday of next week. I am really excited, I have been trying to find things to do and you all know how I like to stay busy.

There are a lot of things going on this month though. There is the Christmas Devotional on Sunday and then my singles ward are going Christmas caroling afterwards, then on the 20th there is a formal dance that I am helping out with, I need a date and I have a guy that I would like to ask but we are kind of new friends, so I think I will try and get to know him a little better before I ask him. (yeah I know girls shouldn't ask but he isn't in my ward so he would never ask me, so I figure that it is okay.) Then there is Christmas dinner at the singles ward, oh and next Wednesday there is the Christmas Dinner at the home ward, we are going to take Tage and hopefully get a picture of him and Santa Claus.

Speaking of Tage he is doing well, he is in a few therapies like speech, and there is a lady coming to help him learn how to crawl since he is so behind the other kids his age. The rest of us are doing well. Wendi is working at Old Navy, and she is loving it, and she will start school in January. We decorated for Christmas (let me restate that, Shandi decorated for Christmas) the other day except for the Christmas tree which we will do very soon. I will post picutres of all of this hopefully soon if I can find my dang charger. Well I guess that is all for now, hope all is well with your families! Love to all.